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A great way to learn how science works
SciNight Contact
Chelsey McKenna
North Las Vegas, S221-E
NLVS221
(702) 651-4390 | Obscure_mckenna
What is It?
The SciNight Journal Club is an open forum in which students and faculty can meet to informally discuss primary scientific research articles.
During the Spring 2020 semester, the journal club will meet every other Thursdays at 7:30pm on the West Charleston campus in room H301J.
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Format and Categories
Each SciNight session the article to be discussed will be posted on this website below. Download the article, read it, and come ready to discuss what you have learned with your fellow students and various faculty.
The articles will come from different disciplines within the sciences to address a variety of research interests here at CSN. The general topic of each session will be one of the following:
Biological Sciences
First Meeting of the Month
Physical Sciences
Second Meeting of the Month
Spring 2020 Schedule
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Jan 30 | Physical Science |
| Feb 13 | Biological Science |
| Mar 5 | Physical Science |
| Mar 12 | Biological Science |
| Mar 26 | Physical Science |
| Apr 16 | Biological Science |
| Apr 30 | Physical Science |
Upcoming Journal Articles
Upcoming Topics:
Following the federal recommendation of no meetings larger than 10 people, we are postponing SciNight meetings until further notice
Past articles from this semester:
March 12
What are the best foods to eat for your health and the health of the planet?
Multiple health and environmental impacts of foods
March 5
What are the cancer risks when we fly?
Feb 13
The New England Journal of Medicine did a review article on something you may already have heard of: intermittent fasting. Come see what the science has had to say about this trending new "diet" so far. To get the article you will have to create a free account (this will also give you access to three free articles a month from the New England Journal of Medicine). Once registered, download and print the PDF for Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging and Disease and bring it with you for discusison. If you have difficulties getting access to the article email Chelsey.McKenna@csn.edu
Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease
Jan 30
Dust, Cold, and Evolution. How a catastrophe in the asteroid belt started an ice age, and changed the course of evolution on Earth.
An extraterrestrial trigger for the mid-Ordovician ice age